CVE-2024-27878

Published: Jul 29, 2024Modified: Jun 17, 2026

6.7

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability: 0.8 / Impact: 5.9

Source: NVD

Description

A buffer overflow issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.6. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Affected (1)

Products: Apple: Macos

Apple

1 product

Macos

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Apple Macos	From 14.0 to 14.6

Related CWEs

CWE-120

Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow.

References (4)

https://support.apple.com/en-us/120911

Source: product-security@apple.com

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jul/18

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Mailing List

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214119

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214119

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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